SLUM DWELLERS SCORE A'S WITH DETERMINATION.
JANE MUGAMBI
There was jubilations at Kerugoya town when two cousins from starehe centre scored A’s in their KCSE.
Kelvin Ndung’u Kahura 18, and Kennedy Kahura Mundia 18, managed to be position 93 and 31 in Nairobi province despite not getting any ranking amongst the best 100 students.
Kelvin scored 86.625 saying it was a remarkable mark for him to join a public campus and take neuro-surgeon course so that he can treat his mentally ill mother.
He said that despite being from a single parent, he put all efforts not to disappoint her but prove to others that single parents’ kids can work.
He added that despite being from Korogocho slums, the pathetic condition in which he lived in made him stronger to read hard.
“In slums, there is a lot of evils which go round many children leave school and get involved in crime related activities. On my side, I had to work extra hard to prove to others that ‘slum’ children have brains” said Kelvin.
His cousin Kennedy Kahura Mundia scored 86.94 a mark that his single mother could not believe.
At Kerugoya Municipality, he scored 431 a mark that saw him join Starehe boys centre where he said the school nurtured him to who he is now.
Kennedy said that in starehe boys centre, he realized that saying one was from a slum students regarded one as not serious but to prove them wrong, he dedicated his time in books and not crime related activities.
According to Kerugoya municipality Cyrus Munene Mwenje, the boys were not recognized since they were average but they have proved that being average with determination, one can score a good grade.
He went on to say that the two lead 2005 KCPE in Kirinyaga district repeating the same in their KCSE saying that though not ranked top 100, they have shown being an average pupil there is room for improvement.
Mr.Mwenje went on to say that Kelvin was sent to the school by the catholic mission after his mentally ill mother was unable to pay for his fees at Ngunyumu primary school in Korogocho slums.
He said that other pupils in the school should not feel intimidated but be inspired to good performance.
The school managing director said that the school has sponsored very many pupils from poor families in the district so that they can achieve their dreams.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
ETHIOPINAS CASE TO CONTINUE.
CASE TO CONTINUE
JANE MUGAMBI 4TH MARCH 2010
Thirteen Ethiopians charged being in Kenya illegally yesterday denied the charge and were remanded at Kerugoya G.K prison till the hearing date on 23rd march.
Prosecuting inspector Rogers Sifuna prayed that the court release them since they had passports with them and they pleaded not being guilty..
Through their interpreter, they told him that they had valid passports and also traveling tickets which bore their names.
Principal magistrate Steve Mbungi told the court that they will be remanded until 23rd of this month for the hearing.
He also said that the passports have to be scrutinized whether they are valid or fake.
He said that many aliens are finding their ways into the country with fake passports and that police have to investigate to acertain whether they are original or fake.
He said that with the look of the stamp that they had is from Moyale and that they could have not renewed the passports.
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JANE MUGAMBI 4TH MARCH 2010
Thirteen Ethiopians charged being in Kenya illegally yesterday denied the charge and were remanded at Kerugoya G.K prison till the hearing date on 23rd march.
Prosecuting inspector Rogers Sifuna prayed that the court release them since they had passports with them and they pleaded not being guilty..
Through their interpreter, they told him that they had valid passports and also traveling tickets which bore their names.
Principal magistrate Steve Mbungi told the court that they will be remanded until 23rd of this month for the hearing.
He also said that the passports have to be scrutinized whether they are valid or fake.
He said that many aliens are finding their ways into the country with fake passports and that police have to investigate to acertain whether they are original or fake.
He said that with the look of the stamp that they had is from Moyale and that they could have not renewed the passports.
ENDS….
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
POLICE GIVEN ONE YEAR TO VACATE KIRINYAGA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL LAND.
POLICE GIVEN ONE YEAR TO VACATE KIRINYAGA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL LAND.
JANE MUGAMBI 3RD MARCH 2010.
Kerugoya police officers have been given one year by Kerugoya-Kutus municipal council to vacate.
According to Town clerk James Mugweru, where the police station is built, residential houses belongs to the council proposed hall.
He said that the police should vacate to pave way for the development of the CDF offices, youths’ office, and the town hall.
Mr.Mugweru added that the police department should surrender the plot saying that according to the map reviewed by the physical planner, District Commissioner shows that the offices are in the wrong report.
He went on to say that the offices should also be demolished in an years time to give way for more development.
The town clerk added that if they do not move, they will go on with the plans but the police offices, houses will be illegally at the sites.
“If the police officers will not have shifted within the given notice, we “the council”will go on with the plan but will not demolish any structure” said the town clerk.
Contacted about the idea, Kirinyaga OCPD Patrick Oduma said that they are relying on what the map shows.
He said that the 1991 and 1995 maps shows that section 41 is the divisional police headquarters and existing police lines while 42 shows existing police station occupying an approximate area of 1.08 ha.
He said that per the map they cannot go anywhere since the council has not given out any land as to where the officers’ houses are supposed to be put up.
He said that police will defend the land saying that the offices have been in place since 1950’s saying the council could have set aside land for development.
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JANE MUGAMBI 3RD MARCH 2010.
Kerugoya police officers have been given one year by Kerugoya-Kutus municipal council to vacate.
According to Town clerk James Mugweru, where the police station is built, residential houses belongs to the council proposed hall.
He said that the police should vacate to pave way for the development of the CDF offices, youths’ office, and the town hall.
Mr.Mugweru added that the police department should surrender the plot saying that according to the map reviewed by the physical planner, District Commissioner shows that the offices are in the wrong report.
He went on to say that the offices should also be demolished in an years time to give way for more development.
The town clerk added that if they do not move, they will go on with the plans but the police offices, houses will be illegally at the sites.
“If the police officers will not have shifted within the given notice, we “the council”will go on with the plan but will not demolish any structure” said the town clerk.
Contacted about the idea, Kirinyaga OCPD Patrick Oduma said that they are relying on what the map shows.
He said that the 1991 and 1995 maps shows that section 41 is the divisional police headquarters and existing police lines while 42 shows existing police station occupying an approximate area of 1.08 ha.
He said that per the map they cannot go anywhere since the council has not given out any land as to where the officers’ houses are supposed to be put up.
He said that police will defend the land saying that the offices have been in place since 1950’s saying the council could have set aside land for development.
ENDS…
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Monday, March 1, 2010
ID'S
ID CARDS.
JANE MUGAMBI 1ST MARCH 2010.
OVER 7000 Identification cards are lying at the Kirinyaga District registration offices.
District Immigration and registration of person’s officer Mukora Muriungi said that the major cause of backlog of the Id’s is as a result of the applicants not picking them.
He said that the youths apply for duplicates pretending that the original has gotten lost a mostly when they are looking for jobs citing the recruitment of the police forces where after apply and not being succefull, they do not collect them.
Mr. Muriungi added that some have been in the desk for more than two years saying that they have ben using the provincial administration where the owners can pick them from their offices.
He went on to say that the application is very fast saying that the office is processing in two to three weeks saying that the rate in which they are collect is very slow.
“Applications are very active to but at the office is encountering a very dormant situation when it comes to collect the Id’s pilling them”added Muriungi.
He said that the applicants have the mandate to ease the congestion by picking them and giving space to new applications to avert a mix up.
He however said that some people still have the 1st generation Id’s which are barring them from getting services saying that the office is open for them to renew and stop using brokers who are cheating the elderly for exploitation.
Mr.Muriungi added that some children have been adopting names which are not in their parents Id cards resulting to wastage of materials and double registration.
“Parents should get concerned on the names that their children are using. If a child is of single mother, the mother should give a name that should coincide with the child’s Id to reduce wastage” He added.
Recently when the Immigration Minister Otieno Kanjwang’visited Kirinyaga central, he found the Id’s pilled up in the office waiting for the youths to collect them.
He said that the youths are complaining of delays yert they are the ones who are not collecting them.
Mr. Kajwang’ added that in the larger Kirinyaga, working in the office is below capacity saying that the workers should come out of the slumber.
He urged the youths to pick the ID’s to avert duplication, loss where later on they will complain that they are missing when in a rush.
He added that there is no service that does not need production of an ID card in Kenya .
The migration minister cited out that security has been beefed up to all those that do not have legal Id cards and are in the country illegally saying that all Kenyans are supposed to have ID cards as their way of identification.
He said that many have been in the country illegally after acquiring fake IDs and have seen aliens being illegally in the country.
He said that many people who are not supposed to be in Kenya have found a place in the country after getting fake Passports that are being issued by corrupt workers in exchange for money.
Mr. Kajwang’ said that through ICT, only Kenyans will be registered so as to keep aliens out as a way of beefing security.
He said that at the border, a system will be used to register those that are in the border to keep terrorists and other invaders from getting into our country.
“We have very many foreigners who have faked documents and are not supposed to be in the country” he said.
He said that without thorough registration on births, the ministry will not go far to eliminate crooks.
He said that by the end of the year, third generation cards will be out to avert duplication, forging and altering which has been the case.
He said his ministry has teamed up with the ministry of education, health to see that every child gets a birth certificate which has a registration number.
He disclosed that the ministry of education has come up with the introduction of candidates sitting for their KCSE exam with their birth certificates as a way of identification and to avoid cheating.
He urged health workers to cooperate in registering every kid that is born in a hospital and liaise with the civil registration office for the officers to collect the birth certificates so that they can feed vital information that is needed.
The minister said that Kirinyaga has a 46% registration which he termed it as poor compared with Thika which has 108% where he said that the registration is being done poorly.
Accompanying the minister is the area Mp Ngata Kariuki who said that unless his office is strict, very many aliens are in the district illegally.
On the Birth certificate, he said that the reason as to why parents are rushing at the wrong time due to ignorance and lack of concern.
Mr.Muriungi added that many parents are producing 1st generation ID where they have been in the office for more than three weeks but cannot get the certificate without the production of the 2nd generation ID.
“Parents are very ignorant, how can they wait to collect the certificate when the child is in form four, what have they been doing since birth” he added.
He said that parents should be very cautious when relaxing in some matters saying that what if the offices burnt down who could they have blamed.
“fire can break out any time and the parents cannot ask the office as to why their documents were in.They should be concerned and collect them in time” Mr.Muriungi commented.
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0723321326
JANE MUGAMBI 1ST MARCH 2010.
OVER 7000 Identification cards are lying at the Kirinyaga District registration offices.
District Immigration and registration of person’s officer Mukora Muriungi said that the major cause of backlog of the Id’s is as a result of the applicants not picking them.
He said that the youths apply for duplicates pretending that the original has gotten lost a mostly when they are looking for jobs citing the recruitment of the police forces where after apply and not being succefull, they do not collect them.
Mr. Muriungi added that some have been in the desk for more than two years saying that they have ben using the provincial administration where the owners can pick them from their offices.
He went on to say that the application is very fast saying that the office is processing in two to three weeks saying that the rate in which they are collect is very slow.
“Applications are very active to but at the office is encountering a very dormant situation when it comes to collect the Id’s pilling them”added Muriungi.
He said that the applicants have the mandate to ease the congestion by picking them and giving space to new applications to avert a mix up.
He however said that some people still have the 1st generation Id’s which are barring them from getting services saying that the office is open for them to renew and stop using brokers who are cheating the elderly for exploitation.
Mr.Muriungi added that some children have been adopting names which are not in their parents Id cards resulting to wastage of materials and double registration.
“Parents should get concerned on the names that their children are using. If a child is of single mother, the mother should give a name that should coincide with the child’s Id to reduce wastage” He added.
Recently when the Immigration Minister Otieno Kanjwang’visited Kirinyaga central, he found the Id’s pilled up in the office waiting for the youths to collect them.
He said that the youths are complaining of delays yert they are the ones who are not collecting them.
Mr. Kajwang’ added that in the larger Kirinyaga, working in the office is below capacity saying that the workers should come out of the slumber.
He urged the youths to pick the ID’s to avert duplication, loss where later on they will complain that they are missing when in a rush.
He added that there is no service that does not need production of an ID card in Kenya .
The migration minister cited out that security has been beefed up to all those that do not have legal Id cards and are in the country illegally saying that all Kenyans are supposed to have ID cards as their way of identification.
He said that many have been in the country illegally after acquiring fake IDs and have seen aliens being illegally in the country.
He said that many people who are not supposed to be in Kenya have found a place in the country after getting fake Passports that are being issued by corrupt workers in exchange for money.
Mr. Kajwang’ said that through ICT, only Kenyans will be registered so as to keep aliens out as a way of beefing security.
He said that at the border, a system will be used to register those that are in the border to keep terrorists and other invaders from getting into our country.
“We have very many foreigners who have faked documents and are not supposed to be in the country” he said.
He said that without thorough registration on births, the ministry will not go far to eliminate crooks.
He said that by the end of the year, third generation cards will be out to avert duplication, forging and altering which has been the case.
He said his ministry has teamed up with the ministry of education, health to see that every child gets a birth certificate which has a registration number.
He disclosed that the ministry of education has come up with the introduction of candidates sitting for their KCSE exam with their birth certificates as a way of identification and to avoid cheating.
He urged health workers to cooperate in registering every kid that is born in a hospital and liaise with the civil registration office for the officers to collect the birth certificates so that they can feed vital information that is needed.
The minister said that Kirinyaga has a 46% registration which he termed it as poor compared with Thika which has 108% where he said that the registration is being done poorly.
Accompanying the minister is the area Mp Ngata Kariuki who said that unless his office is strict, very many aliens are in the district illegally.
On the Birth certificate, he said that the reason as to why parents are rushing at the wrong time due to ignorance and lack of concern.
Mr.Muriungi added that many parents are producing 1st generation ID where they have been in the office for more than three weeks but cannot get the certificate without the production of the 2nd generation ID.
“Parents are very ignorant, how can they wait to collect the certificate when the child is in form four, what have they been doing since birth” he added.
He said that parents should be very cautious when relaxing in some matters saying that what if the offices burnt down who could they have blamed.
“fire can break out any time and the parents cannot ask the office as to why their documents were in.They should be concerned and collect them in time” Mr.Muriungi commented.
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ETHIOPIANS ARRESTED.
ETHIOPIANS ARESTED.
JANE MUGAMBI 1ST MARCH 2010.
THIRTEEN aliens from Ethiopia were yesterday arrested by police at Sagana in Kirinyaga south as they headed to Nairobi from Isiolo.
According to area OCPD Patrick Oduma, traffic police manning the busy Nairobi-Sagana highway stopped an Isiolo bus for checking and the officer spotted them in the bus.
He said that after seeing them the officer ordered everyone to get out of the bus for screening and fished them from the others and requested for their identifications to prove that they are Kenyans and lacked the identifications.
Mr. Oduma added that the officer was very concerned to know where they were going but they just said that they were heading to Nairobi.
He said that they had they have been locked up at Sagana police station and will appear in court tomorrow after the investigations are over.
The police boss said that in Kirinyaga district, many aliens have strong roots saying that after the government ordered for their arrestes, they all vanished saying that it might be a lead for their arrests.
JANE MUGAMBI 1ST MARCH 2010.
THIRTEEN aliens from Ethiopia were yesterday arrested by police at Sagana in Kirinyaga south as they headed to Nairobi from Isiolo.
According to area OCPD Patrick Oduma, traffic police manning the busy Nairobi-Sagana highway stopped an Isiolo bus for checking and the officer spotted them in the bus.
He said that after seeing them the officer ordered everyone to get out of the bus for screening and fished them from the others and requested for their identifications to prove that they are Kenyans and lacked the identifications.
Mr. Oduma added that the officer was very concerned to know where they were going but they just said that they were heading to Nairobi.
He said that they had they have been locked up at Sagana police station and will appear in court tomorrow after the investigations are over.
The police boss said that in Kirinyaga district, many aliens have strong roots saying that after the government ordered for their arrestes, they all vanished saying that it might be a lead for their arrests.
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